Gasoline recerve valve



My i?, m23- mmm@ 4 E. J. STALDER ET AL l m GSOLINE RESERVE VLJE Fild Aug.` 5, 1922i Mfg/aff @if MMM limit of movement liquid will be free to How through one of the ducts from the interior of the tank, while the other of the ducts will be closed and at the other limit of movement of the handle the reverse will be the case.

The lowerend of the valve body is internally threaded so as to receive a pipe 24 ,or

the like, in free communication with both the ducts 7 and 8. If desired, the outlet from the casing may be at the side or the pipe 24 bent so that thev discharge is at an `extension 30, whereupon the feed through said duct 8 will cease.

This indicates to the operator that the reserve supply has lbeen reached and he, being warned, turns the lever 16 to open the other duct 7 by placin it in alignment with the duct 1'1, so that te reserve quantity of' gasoline may flow through the ducts 7 and 11"'to. the carburetor, and enablin him to reach a point where additional fue may be` purchased or secured.

When itis desired to use the valve in connection with a vacuum feed system, as shown in Fig. 2, the valve is placed in the thread-- ed outlet 2 at the top of the tank and there are a pair of tubes 31 and 32 extending` from f the bores 7 and 8 into the liquid, one of said tubes, as for instance the tube 32, being longer than the other and extending substantially to 'the bottom of the tank, so that the liquid 3 in the tank will normally be fed through the tube 31 until it reaches the level 41, whereuponihe handle 16 of the valveis turned to open the duct communicating with the tube 32 so that the remaining reserve supply of gasoline in the tank may be Withdrawn. In Fig. 7 we have shown how the parts may be provided with characters to denote the portion .of the valve.

It willV be' notedthat any predetermined proportion of gasoline may be considered as a reserve supply, the difference between the quantities corresponding to the 'differences in level at the ends of the inlets to the two ducts. The connection/With the tank and pipe line may this reserve supply beingbe varied, as re uired, depending upon the particular instal ation.

Having thus described ouninvention, iti

is obvious that various immaterial lmodifications .may be made in the same Without departing from the spirit of our invention; hence we do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the exact form, construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described or usesv mentioned.

What we claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a liquid supply tank, a reserve valve comprising a body member' adapted to be arranged at anopening in the top or bottom of said tank, said body member having a pair of ducts entirely therethrough from end to end, extensions insertable into said ducts adapted to conduct the liquid from said tank at dii'erent levels, a tapered bore extending laterally through said valve body and communicating with both of said ducts intermediate their ends; a tapered pluof seated in said bore and hav ing a pair of ducts independent of each other and extending entirely therethrough from one side to the other, said last-mentioned ducts having their axes arran ed in mutually transverse directions an adapted to alternately registerand alignlwith the ducts through said body'member, a handle for op-y erating said plug and bearing against the body member to revent axial movement of the plug in one direction, means for retaining said plug and handle in place, and means for limiting the rotational movement of said plug and comprising abutments on said body adapted to be `engaged byfsaid handle, whereby the liquid from saidtank will normally flow through one of said ducts until itfreaches a predetermined level in the tank so that the plug may be actuated to piace the other duct into registry with the duct through the plug and permit the remaining reserve .supply through'.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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